Window guard



C. SABER WINDOW GUARD Jan. 14, 1958 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Aug. 51, 1956 INVENTOR. CHARLES 5ABER C. SABER WINDOW GUARD 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Aug. 31, 1956 INVENTOR.

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Application August 31, 1956, Serial No. 607,459

8 Claims. (Cl. -71) This invention relates to a window guard, in the form of a grill-like assembly capable of being inserted in a window between the lower sash and the sill, thus to provide a protective means positioned within an open window, so as to prevent an infant or small child from falling therefrom.

It is not an uncommon occurrence for an infant or small child, or for that. matter an adult, to fall accidentally through an open window, and death or serious injury is generally the result of an accident of this nature. Heretofore, it has been proposed to provide guards for windows, and the main object of the present invention is to provide an improved guard of this general type.

Qne of the difficulties that has heretofore persisted, in connection with guards of this type, is that they prevent one from washing the outside ofthe window, or lowering the bottomsash to bring it within easier reachfor cleaning from the inside, except by full removal of the window guard. This is often an inconvenient and time-consuming operation, it being necessary not only that the window guard be removed in its entirety under the circumstances indicated, but also that it be returned to place with corresponding loss of time and with considerable inconvemence.

One object of importance, accordingly, is to provide a window guard as described which will be particularly designed to facilitate swingable movement of one of the sections, of the guard to a lowered position, to facilitate lowering of the bottom sash without removal ofthe guard as a whole, and to facilitate, also, cleaning of the bottom and top sashes.

Another object of importance is to provide a window guard as described which .will be readily adjustable as to its overall width, so as to permit the same to be mounted in windows of various sizes.

Another object of importance is to provide asectional window guard as described that is capableof being readily clamped in selected positions to which it is adjusted for width.

Still another object is to permit the window guard-to be mounted in or taken out of a window without requiring any modification or redesign of the window in any way, and without damage to the window.

Yet another object of importance is to provide a win dow guard as described that will be composed of upper and lower separably connected sections, which can be readily clamped in a use position in a manner to cause both sections to be rigidly secured to one another to pro vide, in effect, a unitary, rigid framework, one of the sections nevertheless being fully remoy-able if it is desired to maintain the window sash in a position in which the window opening is relatively small.

Another object is to proyide a window guard of the character stated wherein the upper section andthe lower section, though being readily clamped to one another to form the mentioned rigid framework, are nevertheless readily adjustable for width in the manner previously touchedon herein.

A further object is to so design the upper guard section that it will be of a height greater than the height of the lower guard section, so as to permit either section to be used independently of the other to permit the regulation of thesize of the window opening, Or to permit, alternatively, both sections to be used together to provide a window opening of maximum size.

Summarized briefly, the invention comprises upper and lower guard sections, each section being composed of telescopically connected, overlapping frames. The frame of each section includes outer and inner vertical members, with the outer member being adapted for engagement in the sash groove of the window frame, Connected between the outer and inner vertical members of each frame of a section are horizontal guard rails, the guard rails of each frame being slidable in a vertical member of the other frame ofthe same section. The inner vertical members of the frames of the upper section are adapted to be rigidly clamped, by a suitable clamp means, to the corresponding members of the frame to the lower section. Further, the frames of the upper section are adapted to be removed in their entirety from the frames of the lower section.

The invention further includes a hinge connection between the top and lower sections, defined by holes on the inner vertical members of the upper section, which holes receive the top rail of the lower section, thus to permit the upper section to be swung downwardly out of a use position following disengagement of the clamp means, to facilitate cleaning of the window. A second clamp means is carried by the frames of the lower section, to retain said lower section frames in selected positions of, telescopic adjustment.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth,

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view showing the lower portion of a window frame, a window guard formed according to the present invention being mounted in said t ms- Fig. Z is an enlarged vertical section. on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, the dotted lines showing the upper guard section in a lowered position to which it is swingably adjustable.

Fig. 3 is a detail section, still further enlarged, substantially on line 3-4: of Fig. 1, showing the means for clamping the frames of the lower section in selected positions of telescopic adjustment.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view substantially on line 4-4 of Fig. 1, showing the means for rigidly connecting the upper and lower sections. of the window guard, the dotted lines showing the clamp in an inoperative position. i

'Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the same scale as Fig. 4, taken substantially on line 5,5 ofFig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a horizontal section, on the same scale as Fig. 4, taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a vertical section, on the same scale as Fig. l taken on line 7--7 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings in detail, designated gener ally at 10 is a conventional double-hung window, including alower sash 12, side jambs 14, and a sill 16. Referring to Figs. 2 and 7, stops 18, 20 aresecured to the inner surfaces of the respective jambs 14, and midway between said stops is the parting stop 22 cooperating with the stops 18, 29 in defining a sash groove 24 for the lower sash l2, and a sash groove 26 for the upper sash, not shown.

All this is conventional construction and does not constitute part of the present invention.

The invention comprises a window guard which comprises separably connected guard sections A, B.

Each section is of grill-like construction as shown in Fig. 1. Considering first the construction of the lower section A, this is relatively low in height, and comprises telescopically related frames generally designated 28, 30.

The frame 28 includes a pair of vertically disposed outer and inner members or standards respectively designated 32, 34. Standard 32 is adapted for engagement in the sash groove 24 of one side iamb l4, and fixedly connected between the standards are horizontally extending. spaced guard rails 36. The number and the spacing of said guard rails can be varied as desired, and the overall height of the lower section can be correspondingly varied.

The rails 36 are welded to the standards 32, 34 and in a preferred embodiment, the standards are formed from channel material, with the channels thereof being disposed in confronting relation.

Considering now the formation of the frame 30 of the lower section A, this also include vertically disposed outer and inner members or standards 38, 40 between which are fixedly connected horizontal guard rails 42. The guard rails 42 are offset in a vertical direction from the guard rails 36, alternating with the same in the area of the overlapping inner end portions of the respective frames 28, 30 (see Fig. 1).

The inner standard 34 of frame 28 has openings receiving the guard rails 42, said guard rails 42 sliding in the openings of standard 34. The inner standard 40 of frame 30 has corresponding openings slidably receiving the rails 36.

From the above, it will be seen that the telescopically related frames 28, 30 can be shifted outwardly or inwardly relative to each other, as desired, thus to adjust the overall width of the guard section A. In use, the frames 28, 30 would be shifted outwardly, until the outer standards 32, 38 thereof engage in the sash grooves 24 of the respective side iambs 14. This adjusts the lower section A to the width of the particular Window,

and engages the same securely in the sash grooves.

When the frames 28. 30 have been adjusted to their use position shown in Fig. l, a clamp means 44 is employed to lock the frames in the selected position of relative adjustment. Clamp means 44 is shown to particular advantage in Fig. 3, and includes confronting, identically but oppositely formed clamp plates 46 formed at their top and bottom edges with confronting, arcuate saddles 50. 52 adapted to clampably engage one of the rails 36 and one of the rails 42. Between the clamp rails, the clamping plates 46 are formed with smooth-walled, transversely aligned openings, and welded or otherwise fixedly secured to one of the clamp plates is a nut 54 registered with said openings. A clamping bolt 56 is extended through the openings and is threadedly engaged with the nut, said bolt having a knurledhead. It will be seen that when the nut is turned in one direction, the clamping plates are drawn against the rails 36, 42, to lock the frames 28, 30 against relative telescopic movement. When ever it is desired to telescopically adjust the frames, the bolt 56 is backed off sufiiciently to de stroy the clamping engagement between the saddles and the associated guard rails 36, 42.

The upper guard section B will now be described. This is of a height substantially greater than that of the lower guard section A and is adapted to be removed entirely from the section A whenever desired. As a result, the section A might be used alone, with the lower window sash 12 being dropped from itsl Fig. 1 position until it is in engagement with the upper ends of the several standards of the frame 28, 30. This will be desirable if one wanted a window opening of minimum size. Alternatively, the upper guard'section could be used alone. This would produce a window opening of somewhat greater size. Then again, both sections could be used together as shown in the several figures of the drawing, to provide a window opening of maximum size. This would be the most common arrangement and will hereinafter be discussed without reference to the various other ways in which the window guard constituting the invention could be employed.

In any event, the upper guard section has a construction basically similar to the lower section, and includes telescopically related frames generally designated 58, 60. The frame 58 includes outer and inner standards 62, 64 formed from channel material. The channel of the outer standard 62 opens inwardly of the window, that is, in the same manner as the channel 32 of the frame 28 of the lower guard section. However, the channel of standard 64 opens to the left in Fig. 1, rather than to the right as does the channel 34 of frame 28.

Fixedly connected, as by welding, to the standards 62, 64 and extending between the standards are horizontal guard rails 66.

This completes the construction of the frame 58. Considering now the frame 60, this includes outer and inner standards 68, 70, between which are fixedly connected horizontal guard rails 72 sliding in openings of the standard 64 of frame 58. Guard rails 72 are in alternating relation to the guard rails 66, which slide in openings formed in the standard 70 of frame 60. The arrangement is thus similar to that of the frames of the lower section A.

The lower ends of the standards 64, 70 overlap and are in longitudinally contacting relation to the upper end portions of the standards 34, 40, respectively, as best shown in Fig. 1. Further, the lower ends of the standards 64, 70 extend below the uppermost guard rail 42 of the frame 30 and the uppermost guard rail 36 of the frame 28, respectively, of the lower guard section, and are formed with holes 74 (see Figs. 2, 4 and 5) loosely receiving said uppermost rails 42 and 36.

The holes 74 permit the upper section B to be hinged to the lower section A for swinging movement, about the guard rails 36 and 42, between the vertical, full lines, use position shown in Fig. 2, and the inclined, dotted line position in the same figure of the drawings. This permits the upper section to be swung in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 2 out of its use position, thus to facilitate raising and lowering of the lower sash, and to facilitate, further, cleaning of the window.

Normally, however, the section B is locked to the section A against swinging movement. To accomplish this, there are provided identically but oppositely formed clamps shown to particular advantage in Figs. 4 6. Each clamp is adapted to fit over the overlapping portions of the longitudinally contacting standards of the upper and lower sections. Thus, in the mentioned figures, one of the clamps, formed with a rectangular clamping frame 78, is shiftable between the dotted and full line positions of Fig. 5. When in its full line position, it receives the overlapping portions of the standards, to lock the standards rigidly to one another.

To insure a proper locking of the overlapping portions of the standards, the lower end portion of the web of the 84, and when said screw is turned home to its maximum extent against the web of the standard 64 in the manner shown in Figs. 5 and 6, it shifts the frame 78 to the left in these figures of the drawing, causing the lapping portions of the standard 64, 34 to be bound tightly against one another with the lug firmly engaged in the recess 82. A rigid connection of the guard sections is thus .effected. Whenever it is desired, however, to swing the upper guard section downwardly, one need merely loosen the screws 84 and lift the clamping frame until they clear the upper ends of the standards 34, 40. This frees the upper guard section for swinging movement about the uppermost guardrails 36 and 42, to the dotted line position shown in Fig. 2.

An important feature of the invention resides in the fact that when the clamps 78 are operatively positioned, locking the guard sections in a common vertical plane, the adjustment of one of the sectionsforwidth will simultaneously effect a corresponding adjustment of the other section. In other words, since the respective inner standards of the frames of one section are rigidly connected by the clamps 78 to the corresponding inner standards of the. frame of the other section, corresponding frames of both sections are rigidly connected, for conjoint telescopic adjustment relative to the correspondingly rigidly con nected other frames of the sections.

If it is desired to swing the upper guard section B downwardly to the dotted line position of Fig. 2, as previously mentioned, the clamps 78 are first loosened and lifted to their dotted line positions of Figs. 4 and 5. Then, the

frames 58, 60 of the upper section B are telescoped slightly to cause the outer standards 62, 68 to move out of the sash grooves 24, thus freeing the upper section for downward swinging movement.

Thus, it can be seen that the net result of the construction illustrated and described is to provide a window guard composed of separably connected sections independently usable to provide a guard of adjusted height to permit the window opening to be of a corresponding height, said guard being usableconjointly to provide an opening of maximum height with the upper section being swingable to an inoperative position for the purpose of facilitating cleaning of the window, both sections being conjointly or independently adjustable as to the overall width thereof. A guard of considerable versatility is thus provided, capable of being used in any of various conventional windows different from one another in respect to size thereof, with the guardfurther being characterized by ease of in sertion or removal, as well as by its adaptability for use in a window without requiring modification or redesign of the window, and without damage to the window in any Way.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that 1 do not limit myself to the precise construction herein disclosed and that various changes and modifications may be made within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent 1. A window guard for mounting in a double-hung window having a sash, side jambs formed with confronting sash grooves, and a sill, comprising upper and lower guard sections adapted for seating in the sash grooves in engagement with the jambs and sill, respectively, and means for fixedly connecting the sections to constitute the same as a rigidly constituted guard assembly, each section comprising a pair of telescopically related frames adjustable inwardly and outwardly of one another to adjust the respective sections to the width of the window opening, each frame comprising vertical outer and inner standards, the outer standard of each frame being adapted for engagement in a sash groove, and horizontal rails fixedly connected between the outer and inner standards of each frame, the inner standards of the frames of the upper section having lower end portions overlapping the upper end portions of the corresponding inner standards of the frames of the lower section, said means clampably engaging about the overlapping end portions of said inner standards so as to constitute the inner standards of one 6 section as longitudinal extensions, of the inner standards of theother section.

2. A window guard for mounting in a double-hung window having a sash, side jambs formed with confronting sash grooves, and a sill, comprising upper and lower guard sections adapted for seating in the sash grooves in engagement with the jambs and sill, respectively, and means for fixedly connecting the sections to constitute the same as a rigidly constituted guard assembly, each section comprising a pair of telescopically .related frames adjustable inwardly and outwardly of one another to adjust the respective sections to the width of the window opening, each frame comprising vertical outer and inner standards, the outer standard of each frame being adapted for engagement in a sash groove, and horizontal rails fixedly connected between the outer and inner standards of each frame, the inner standards of the frames of the upper section having lower end portions overlapping the upper end portions of the corresponding inner standards of the frames of the lower section, said means clampably engaging about the overlapping portions of said inner standards to constitute the inner standards of one section as longitudinal extensions of the inner standards of the other section, said means comprising clamps carried by the lower end portions of the inner standards of the frames of the upper. section.

3. A window guard for mounting in a double-hung window having a sash, side jambs formed with confronting sash grooves, and a sill,comprising upper and lower guard sections adapted for seating in the sash grooves in engagement with the jambs and sill, respectively, and means for fixedly connecting the sections to constitute the same as a rigidly constituted guard assembly, each section comprising a pair of telescopically related frames adjustable inwardly and outwardly of one another to adjust the respective sections to the width of the window opening, each frame comprising vertical outer and inner standards, the outer standard of each frame being adapted for engagement in a sash groove, and horizontal rails fixedly connected between the outer and inner standards of each frame, the inner standards of the frames of the upper section having lower end portions overlapping the upper end portions of the corresponding inner standards of the frames of the lower section, said means clampably engaging about the overlapping portions of said innes.- standards to constitute the inner standards of one section as longitudinal extensions of the inner standards of the other section, said means comprising clamps carried by the lower end portions of the inner standards of the frames of the upper section, each clamp including a rectangular clamp frame receiving said overlapping portions of the inner standards of the respective sections, said clamp frame having a threaded opening and a clamp bolt threaded in said threaded opening and bearing against one of the portions embraced by the clamp frame to bind the same against the other portion embraced by the clamp frame.

4. A window guard for mounting in a double-hung window having a sash, side jambs formed with confronting sash grooves, and a sill, comprising upper and lower guardsections adapted for seating in the sash grooves in engagement with the jambs and sill, respectively, and means for fixedly connecting the sections to constitute the same as arigidly constituted guard assembly, each section comprising a pair of telescopically related frames adjustable inwardly and outwardly of one another to adjust vthe respective sections to the width of the window opening, each frame comprising vertical outer and inner standards, the outer standard of each frame being adapted for engagement in a sash groove, and horizontal rails fixedly connected between the outer and inner standards of each frame, the inner standards of the frames of the upper section having lower end portions overlapping the upper end portions of the corresponding inner standards of the frames of the lower section, said means clampably ammo 7 engaging about the overlapping portions of said inner standards to constitute the inner standards or one section as longitudinal extensions of the inner standards of the other section, said means comprising clamps carried by the lower end portions of the inner standards of the frames of the upper section, each clamp including a rectangular clamp frame receiving said overlapping portions of the inner standards of the respective sections, said clamp frame having a threaded opening and a clamp bolt threaded in said threaded opening andbcaring against one of the portions embraced by the clamp frame to bind the same against the other portion embraced by the clamp frame, one of said overlapping portions including a lug and the other having a recess complementing said lug, the lug engaging in the recess on binding of the overlapping portions against each other to interlock the same.

5. A window guard for mounting in a double-hung window having a sash, side jambs formed with confronting sash grooves, and a sill, comprising upper and lower guard sections adapted for seating in the sash grooves in engagement with the jambs and sill, respectively, and means for fixedly connecting the sections to constitute the same as a rigidly constituted guard assembly, each section comprising a pair of telescopically related frames adjustable inwardly and outwardly of one another to ad just the respective sections to the width of the window opening, each frame comprising vertical outer and inner standards, the outer standard of each frame being adapted for engagement in a sash groove, and horizontal rails fixedly connected between the outer and inner standards of each frame, the inner standards of the frames of the upper section having lower end portions overlapping the upper end portions of the corresponding inner standards of the frames of the lower section, said means clampably engaging about the overlapping portions of said inner standards to constitute the inner standards of one section as longitudinal extensions of the inner standards of the other section, the inner standards of the frames of the upper section being hinged on the uppermost rails of the frames of the lower section for swinging movement outwardly of the window.

6. A window guard for mounting in a double-hung window having a sash, side jambs formed with confronting sash grooves, and a sill, comprising upper and lower guard sections adapted for seating in the sash grooves in engagement with the jambs and sill, respectively, and means for fixedly connecting the sections to constitute the same as a rigidly constituted guard assembly, each section comprising a pair of telescopically related frames adjustable inwardly and outwardly of one another to adjust the respective sections to the width of the window opening, each frame comprising vertical outer and inner standards, the outer standard of each frame being adapted for engagement in a sash groove, and horizontal rails fixediy connected between the outer and inner standards of each frame, the inner standards of the frames of the upper section having lower end portions overlapping the upper end portions of the corresponding inner standards of the frames of the lower section, said means clampably engaging about the overlapping portions of said inner. standards to constitute the inner standards of one section as longitudinal extensions of the inner standards of the other section, the inner standards of the frames of the upper section being hinged on the uppermostrails of the frames of the lower section for swinging movement outwardly of the window, said lower end portions of the inner standards of the upper section having holes in which 8 i said uppermost rails are loosely engaged to form the hinge connection, said means being slidably adjustable upon the inner standards of the upper and lower sections out of clamping engagement with the overlapping portions whereby the upper section may swing relative to the lower section.

7. A window guard for mounting in a double-hung window having a sash, side jambs formed with confronting sash grooves, and a sill, comprising upper and lower guard sections adapted for seating in the sash grooves in engagement with the jambs and sill, respectively, and means for fixedly connecting the sections to constitute the same as a rigidly constituted guard assembly, each section comprising a pair of telescopically related frames adjustable inwardly and outwardly of one another to adjust the respective sections to the width of the window opening, each frame comprising vertical outer and inner standards, the outer standard of each frame being adapted for engagement in a sash groove, and horizontal rails fixedly connected between the outer and inner standards of each frame, the inner standards of the frames of the upper section having lower end portions overlapping the upper end portions of the corresponding inner standards of the frame to the lower section, said means clampably engaging about the overlapping portions of said inner standards to constitute the inner standards of one section as longitudinal extensions of the inner standards of the other section, said guard further including a clamp engageable with the telescoped frames of one of the sections for preserving the selected telescopic adjustment of the frames of the respective sections.

8. A window guard for mounting in a double-hung window having a sash, side jambs formed with confronting sash grooves, and a sill, comprising upper and lower guard sections adapted for seating in the sash grooves in engagement with the jambs and sill, respectively, and means for fixedly connecting the sections to constitute the same as a rigidly constituted guard assembly, each section comprising a pair of telescopically related frames adjustable inwardly and outwardly of one another to adjust the respective sections to the width of the window opening, each frame comprising vertical outer and inner standards, the outer standard of each frame being adapted for engagement in a sash groove, and horizontal rails fixedly connected between the outer and inner standards of each frame, the inner standards of the frames of the upper section having lower end portions overlapping the upper end portions of the corresponding inner standards of the frames of the lower section, said means clampably engaging about the overlapping portions of said inner standards to constitute the inner standards of one section as longitudinal extensions of the inner standards of the other section, said guard further including a clamp engageable with the telescoped frames of one of the sections for preserving the selected telescopic adjustment of the frames of the respective sections, said last-named clamp comprising confronting clamp plates embracing adjacent guard rails of the respective frames of said one section and a clamp screw for shifting the clamp plates toward each other to constitute the clamp as a fixed connection between said adjacent rails.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 139,232 Boughton May 27, 1873 FOREIGN PATENTS 105,580 Germany Feb. 2, 1899 

